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Authors

Paul V. Ellefson is a professor of forest policy and administration and Antony S. Cheng a research assistant, both in the Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota. Robert J. Moulton is an information and analysis specialist for State and Private Forestry, USDA–Forest Service.

Acknowledgments

The research reported in this publication was supported by State and Private Forestry, USDA-Forest Service, Washington, DC., and by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and the Department of Forest Resources of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota. The authors wish to express appreciation to the many administrators, too numerous to name individually, who provided information about the structure and function of state-initiated forest practice regulatory programs. Special appreciation is extended to program managers who reviewed early drafts of this report. Editorial assistance, publication design and production management to prepare this material for publication was provided by Larry A. Etkin, senior editor–experiment station, Educational Development System, University of Minnesota. Photography was by David L. Hansen, also of the Educational Development System, with additional photographs selected from the Educational Development System photo files.

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